[Ads-l] fast food

[Laurence Horn]

> On Apr 9, 2015, at 8:27 PM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:
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> During Passover, I happened to drive by a restaurant near Coolidge Corner, Brookline (MA), an area with a high Jewish population.  On its sign, just below its name, were the words "Fine Mediterranean food fast."  I thought, how appropriate for the season.

I don't know--seems more appropriate for Yom Kippur.  

> Then I realized this was another example, like Wilson's for the hyphen, of the disappearance from the English language of punctuation marks.
> Joel
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